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Microcytosis and Alpha and Beta Thalassaemia in Prospective Blood Donors

People of East Indian descent account for 40% of the Trinidad and Tobago (TT) population. Most came from Uttar-Pradesh and West Bengal in India where thalassaemia is prevalent. The thalassaemia carrier frequency and exact mutations are unknown in TT. Diagnostic DNA analysis is not routinely available.There were a high percentage of thalassaemia carriers in microcytic individuals, thus showing the importance of testing for this disorder. A larger study is needed to determine the spectrum of α- and β-thalassaemia mutations, to analyze for correlation between the degree of microcytosis and specific genotype and for useful predictors of α- and β-globin gene mutations.

 

Citation: Sehlule V, Hasina M, Wayne L, George L, Angel AJV, et al. (2015) Microcytosis and Alpha and Beta Thalassaemia in Prospective Blood Donors of East Indian Descent in Trinidad and Tobago. J Mol Biomark Diagn 6:227

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